Odisha

Slight Drop In Odisha COVID Cases, TPR 1.31%

By
OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded less than 200 COVID cases on Saturday with 174 infections registered in the last 24 hours against 226 cases on Friday. The active tally in the state continued to remain below the 2,000 mark at 1,734.

According to the I & PR department, 102 new cases are from quarantine and 72 local contacts. Among them, 13 are in the age group of 0-18 years.

Here are the district-wise figures of the cases:

1. Angul: 1
2. Balasore: 4
3. Bargarh: 1
4. Bhadrak: 2
5. Balangir: 1
6. Boudh: 3
7. Cuttack: 20
8. Deogarh: 3
9. Ganjam: 2
10. Jagatsinghpur: 3
11. Jajpur: 6
12. Jharsuguda: 1
13. Kalahandi: 2
14. Kandhamal: 1
15. Kendrapada: 5
16. Khurda: 55
17. Koraput: 1
18. Malkangiri: 1
19. Mayurbhanj: 8
20. Nawarangpur: 5
21. Nayagarh: 7
22. Nuapada: 5
23. Puri: 9
24. Rayagada: 4
25. Sambalpur: 1
26. Sundargarh: 10

Besides, 13 are from the state pool.

With these cases being detected from 13,217 samples, the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 1.31 per cent.

OB Bureau

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